the museum

The museum's Mycenean collection contains finds from excavations at Grotta and the tombs at Aplomata and Kamini: ornate pots of differing shapes for various uses, funeral gifts made of gold, cameos and assorted small ornaments. Another room in the museum is given over to the display of objects from the Geometric,Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods.

entrance to the museum

Particularly remarkable is the mosaic floor in Aplomata which depicts a nereid astride a bull, with deer, peacocks etc. at each corner.

According to research carried out by archaeologists, the mosaic was part of a house dating from the 4th century B.C.

The entrance to the Archaeological Museum of Naxos, located in the castle of Naxos Town.